Shanghai Express / a Paramount picture ; Adolf Zukor presents ; directed by Josef von Sternberg ; screen play by Jules Furthman.

Marlene Dietrich plays the notorious adventuress Shanghai Lily, who has been jilted by Captain Donald Harvey (Clive Brook). During the Chinese civil war, the couple meet on a train which is attacked by Chinese rebels. Dietrich becomes involved with a rebel leader in order to save the man she still l...

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Uniform Title:Shanghai Express (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: Paramount Publix Corporation, Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Von Sternberg, Josef, 1894-1969 (Director), Zukor, Adolph, 1873-1976 (Producer), Furthman, Jules (Screenwriter), Dietrich, Marlene (Actor), Brook, Clive, 1887-1974 (Actor), Wong, Anna May, 1905-1961 (Actor), Hervey, Harry, 1900-1951
Language:English
Chinese
French
German
Published: Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2012]
Series:TCM vault collection.
Subjects:
Hervey, Harry, > 1900-1951 > Film adaptations.
China > History > 1912-1928 > Drama.
Guerrillas > China > Drama.
Hostages > China > Drama.
Railroad travel > China > Drama.
Visitors, Foreign > China > Drama.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
War films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Genre:
Film adaptations.
Drama.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
War films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (83 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Dishonored & Shanghai Express.
Marlene Dietrich, Dishonored & Shanghai Express.
Format: Video DVD
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Marlene Dietrich plays the notorious adventuress Shanghai Lily, who has been jilted by Captain Donald Harvey (Clive Brook). During the Chinese civil war, the couple meet on a train which is attacked by Chinese rebels. Dietrich becomes involved with a rebel leader in order to save the man she still loves.
Note:Originally released as a motion picture in 1932.
Based on the story by Harry Hervey.
Issued as a 2-disc set with: Dishonored.
Special features: Jumbo lobby card gallery; lobby card gallery; movie posters; publicity stills; scene stills.
Videorecording.
Call Number:PN1995.9.C47 S47353 2012 VideoDVD
Credits:Photography, Lee Garmes.
System Details:DVD; NTSC; region 1; full frame (1.33:1 aspect ratio); Dolby digital 2.0.
Cast:
Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong, Warner Oland, Eugene Pallette, Lawrence Grant Louise Closser Hale, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Emile Chautard.